Submitted by Smithy2232 t3_zyngx2 in news
sawyouoverthere t1_j27d6r2 wrote
Reply to comment by KerPop42 in Exclusive: U.S. considers airline wastewater testing as COVID surges in China by Smithy2232
Many places do. You may have seen it discussed recently around the polio cases in NYC and London (iirc on locations).
It's a really good way to get an overview of what is circulating in the population, without needing personal identifiers or individual collectons, and gives a bit of advance indication, since many diseases begin to show up in wastewater before they appear in drs offices etc where they are documented.
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